'As easy as riding a bike': a systematic review of injuries and illness in road cycling.

Objectives: To allow the implementation of effective injury and illness prevention programmes for road cyclists, we wanted to first identify the injury/illness burden to this group of athletes. We, therefore, undertook a systematic review of all reported injuries/illness in road cycling.

Design: Systematic review.

International consensus statement on injury and illness reporting in professional road cycling.

Introduction: Road cycling is a very common recreational and elite sport. To facilitate consistent reporting of injuries and illness in professional road cycling we want to establish terms, definitions, and methods for injury and illness reporting in elite road cycling epidemiology studies, similar to other sports.

Aims/objectives: The aim of this study is to establish an international expert statement for injury and illness reporting in professional road cycling.